Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:36 PM
brooklynite (85,477 posts)
3rd conservative radio host who condemned vaccines dies of Covid
Source: Politico
A conservative Florida radio host who spoke out against Covid-19 vaccines died after a weekslong fight with the virus, marking the third radio personality to die from coronavirus who publicly rejected vaccines.
The death of Marc Bernier, 65, who was a mainstay on talk radio in Daytona, was announced Saturday night be WNDB, the radio station he was affiliated with for three decades. “It’s with great sadness that WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announce the passing of Marc Bernier, who informed and entertained listeners on WNDB for over 30 years. We kindly ask that privacy is given to Marc’s family during this time of grief,” WNDB stated on Twitter. Bernier was known for inviting differing viewpoints on his show, including Democrats, but had publicly railed against vaccines. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported that Bernier had been hospitalized since Aug. 7. Read more: https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/08/29/3rd-conservative-radio-host-who-condemned-vaccines-dies-of-covid-1390555
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brooklynite | Aug 2021 | OP |
KPN | Aug 2021 | #1 | |
Major Nikon | Aug 2021 | #10 | |
AZ8theist | Aug 2021 | #39 | |
sakabatou | Aug 2021 | #2 | |
Wingus Dingus | Aug 2021 | #3 | |
certainot | Aug 2021 | #40 | |
LittleGirl | Aug 2021 | #45 | |
Major Nikon | Aug 2021 | #4 | |
Champp | Aug 2021 | #5 | |
marybourg | Aug 2021 | #6 | |
spooky3 | Aug 2021 | #16 | |
NJCher | Aug 2021 | #50 | |
fwvinson | Aug 2021 | #53 | |
Sherman A1 | Aug 2021 | #7 | |
cinematicdiversions | Aug 2021 | #8 | |
LymphocyteLover | Aug 2021 | #35 | |
PurgedVoter | Aug 2021 | #46 | |
LymphocyteLover | Aug 2021 | #55 | |
dsc | Aug 2021 | #9 | |
musclecar6 | Aug 2021 | #11 | |
cstanleytech | Aug 2021 | #12 | |
ShazzieB | Aug 2021 | #48 | |
cstanleytech | Aug 2021 | #49 | |
ShazzieB | Aug 2021 | #56 | |
cstanleytech | Aug 2021 | #58 | |
NoMoreRepugs | Aug 2021 | #13 | |
llmart | Aug 2021 | #14 | |
ashredux | Aug 2021 | #15 | |
BootinUp | Aug 2021 | #29 | |
Hugh_Lebowski | Aug 2021 | #17 | |
Jon King | Aug 2021 | #18 | |
DemInBuckhead | Aug 2021 | #19 | |
kairos12 | Aug 2021 | #32 | |
IronLionZion | Aug 2021 | #20 | |
bucolic_frolic | Aug 2021 | #21 | |
andym | Aug 2021 | #22 | |
futem | Aug 2021 | #23 | |
Dan | Aug 2021 | #24 | |
Justice matters. | Aug 2021 | #25 | |
SamKnause | Aug 2021 | #26 | |
ZonkerHarris | Aug 2021 | #27 | |
2naSalit | Aug 2021 | #28 | |
Larissa | Aug 2021 | #30 | |
oasis | Aug 2021 | #42 | |
truthisfreedom | Aug 2021 | #31 | |
orleans | Aug 2021 | #33 | |
Evolve Dammit | Aug 2021 | #34 | |
Demovictory9 | Aug 2021 | #36 | |
Hulk | Aug 2021 | #37 | |
Tiger8 | Aug 2021 | #38 | |
W T F | Aug 2021 | #41 | |
Turbineguy | Aug 2021 | #43 | |
Orrex | Aug 2021 | #44 | |
ShazzieB | Aug 2021 | #47 | |
colsohlibgal | Aug 2021 | #51 | |
bill | Aug 2021 | #52 | |
SWBTATTReg | Aug 2021 | #54 | |
onetexan | Aug 2021 | #57 | |
BlueWavePsych | Aug 2021 | #59 |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:38 PM
KPN (14,686 posts)
1. Should I feel guilty that -- given the overall circumstances -- this sounds like good news to me ?
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Response to KPN (Reply #1)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:46 PM
Major Nikon (36,198 posts)
10. There's a silver lining
He will be given the Herman Cain Freedom Award
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Response to KPN (Reply #1)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 10:41 PM
AZ8theist (4,499 posts)
39. Nope! Don't feel guilty. THIS IS WONDERFUL NEWS!!
I can't wait for all these fucking anti-vax MORONS to croak.
America will be a MUCH BETTER PLACE when they are all gone. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:40 PM
sakabatou (40,216 posts)
2. I have zero pity for Bernier. His family? That's another story.
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:42 PM
Wingus Dingus (7,279 posts)
3. Had a megaphone to publicly spout harmful and irresponsible misinformation, but now family
asks "that privacy is given during this time of grief". The world is better off without this particular voice.
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Response to Wingus Dingus (Reply #3)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 10:54 PM
certainot (9,090 posts)
40. hundreds of dicks like him were policed by dittoheads into following the limbaugh spin/doctrine or
the dittoheads who listened to limbaugh give his spin earlier in the day on 600 radio stations, frustrated they couldn't call limbaugh and kiss his ass, would call their local blowhards and police them by repeating limbaugh and screaming at the producers etc- those were the real political correctness police, while bill maher blasted some sensitive hippie showing real concern for global warming or racism. and limbaugh policing 1500 radio stations attacked high school kids with bush sucks t-shirts to push school admin to censor them.
these assholes broadcast on stations licensed to operate in the public interest while following limbaiugh's lead in calling covid a hoax |
Response to certainot (Reply #40)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 01:52 AM
LittleGirl (7,730 posts)
45. I was just going to say that! Thanks for typing it up for me! Cheers, eom
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:43 PM
Major Nikon (36,198 posts)
4. Sending tots and pears
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:43 PM
Champp (2,114 posts)
5. Free clue for Republicans: Those guys have always lied to you
about everything. And the guys and gals the corporate wigs hire to fill the shoes of the Dumb & Deceased will lie to you also.
Depend on it. It is the Republican WAY. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:43 PM
marybourg (11,471 posts)
6. "We kindly ask"? They characterize their own request as kindly?
These people run a communications company?
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Response to marybourg (Reply #6)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:01 PM
spooky3 (31,513 posts)
16. Good catch nt
Response to marybourg (Reply #6)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 09:11 AM
NJCher (32,385 posts)
50. That's funny as hell
It was a good day for republican word twisties. I’ve been laughing all day at how Lindsey Graham had to abandon saying the word “cataclysmic” Sunday morning on Face the Nation. He can only aspire to such polysyllabic heights when criticizing Joe Biden.
To his credit, he understood it was beyond his grasp and quit trying. Maybe practice your hard words, Lindsey, before your next Faceplant the Nation appearance.😏 |
Response to NJCher (Reply #50)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 01:18 PM
fwvinson (488 posts)
53. He could have been drunk as a skunk. I think I sound like that when I've had a bit too many.
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:43 PM
Sherman A1 (38,958 posts)
7. Oh well
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:44 PM
cinematicdiversions (1,969 posts)
8. 3rd??? There have been like a dozen or so.
Honestly Talk Radio show hosts are a high-risk group. Hatred in thier hearts, no vaccines, and let's be honest it is not a profession known for its physical fitness standards.
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Response to cinematicdiversions (Reply #8)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 09:31 PM
LymphocyteLover (4,121 posts)
35. Yes, I don't know if there's an official count but I know it's at least 7
Response to LymphocyteLover (Reply #35)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 02:13 AM
PurgedVoter (1,949 posts)
46. I am trying to make that list but I have only come up with 4
The list is here, https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215797938
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Response to PurgedVoter (Reply #46)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 02:40 PM
LymphocyteLover (4,121 posts)
55. Thanks. I've lost track of the names but I'm pretty sure there were others.
They may have been more of really local broadcasters than syndicated radio people, so not as well known. I know in one span earlier this summer, there were like 4 in a row.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:45 PM
dsc (51,657 posts)
9. I am honestly a bit surprised that these people actually believed their own crap
unlike the Fox News personalities who we all know took the vaccine even as they publicly decry those who did.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:48 PM
musclecar6 (1,299 posts)
11. Just
Another jackass encouraging other jackasses. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:49 PM
cstanleytech (24,756 posts)
12. While choosing not be vaccinated is a choice I have to wonder if our limited medical resources such
as ventilators should be reserved primarily for those that make the choice to try and help society by being vaccinated but nonetheless still catch the virus.
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Response to cstanleytech (Reply #12)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 02:52 AM
ShazzieB (10,335 posts)
48. Don't forget, though....
Very few vaccinated people ever get sick enough to need a ventilator.
Might as well let the antivax idiots have 'em. |
Response to ShazzieB (Reply #48)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 08:00 AM
cstanleytech (24,756 posts)
49. "Might as well let the antivax idiots have 'em." Over someone that is vaccinated? Sorry but no way.
Response to cstanleytech (Reply #49)
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 03:05 AM
ShazzieB (10,335 posts)
56. Did you read my whole post?
Last edited Tue Aug 31, 2021, 08:47 AM - Edit history (1) I started by pointing out that very few vaccinated people get sick enough to need a ventilator. Maybe I should have followed that up by saying, "Might as well let the antivax idiots have most of 'em."
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Response to ShazzieB (Reply #56)
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 03:19 AM
cstanleytech (24,756 posts)
58. As long as they set aside enough to handle other people that need them first then sure.
but otherwise though they should have to live (or not) with the consequences of their choice not get vaccinated.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 06:55 PM
NoMoreRepugs (7,816 posts)
13. Fuck em' - they're trash.
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:00 PM
llmart (14,252 posts)
14. I have only one thing to say about that...
...keep 'em coming!
Three less hateful bastards in our country. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:00 PM
ashredux (2,297 posts)
15. Covid don't care...
Response to ashredux (Reply #15)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:29 PM
BootinUp (43,966 posts)
29. Jimmy crack corn
I don’t care either.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:01 PM
Hugh_Lebowski (30,993 posts)
17. I'd imagine that a new CT will burble up from the Qesspool here shortly ...
Saying that Fauci is blasting concentrated delta virus into the homes of all 'freedom fighters' who publicly dare to question his socialist vaccine and mask dictates ...
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:01 PM
Jon King (1,903 posts)
18. He was over the top anti-vaccine, how many others did he kill??
Looking at this guys social media, wow, just a rabid antivaxxer. Just imagine how many thousands of his listeners he has either killed or doomed to a life of diminished capacity.
He was truly a very evil person. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:04 PM
DemInBuckhead (109 posts)
19. (Co)Video Killed the Radio Star
Stolen from reddit...wish it was my original.
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Response to DemInBuckhead (Reply #19)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 09:25 PM
kairos12 (12,081 posts)
32. DUZY! Thread Winner!
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:10 PM
IronLionZion (41,955 posts)
20. And how many of his listeners got infected, spread it to others, or died
Sure, his family can kindly have some privacy, but no sympathy for these douchebags.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:26 PM
bucolic_frolic (36,032 posts)
21. Man, these guys are troopers for the cause
you gotta give 'em that.
Buh-bye! |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:30 PM
andym (5,250 posts)
22. The scary realization is that these communicators believe the BS they are feeding others
The right-wing propaganda-sphere has them drinking the kool-aid so to speak. You can be sure that Murdoch and his children as well as the Fox executives and many of its hosts are smarter than this and immune to their own manipulation, but not so these influential intermediaries who spread their gospel of misinformation.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:32 PM
futem (18 posts)
23. keep thinning out your base!
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 07:54 PM
Dan (3,385 posts)
24. Don't care, but on reflection
bring a friend!
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:05 PM
Justice matters. (6,161 posts)
25. Remember RepubliQans: Karma is a real thing.
Karma.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:08 PM
SamKnause (12,708 posts)
26. Good.
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:16 PM
ZonkerHarris (22,344 posts)
27. Lot of on-air jobs opening up. That Covid is a conservative's promotion dream virus. If you survive.
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:19 PM
2naSalit (69,931 posts)
28. Good riddance!
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:33 PM
Larissa (723 posts)
30. This is just the tip of the iceberg
The scientists know. Not too long ago someone linked on DU an article which quoted a Mayo Clinic top expert on vaccinations, Dr. Gregory Poland. Dr. Poland says he still wears a mask when out in public, when he's in a crowded scenario, whether it be indoors or outdoors.
"Don't be deceived that 'I got this far and I am OK.' This is a very different variant. It will find you," Poland told CBS 4. "This virus will find everybody who is not immune," he added. The variant has become the dominant strain in the U.S. as cases are on the rise in swaths of the country with low vaccination rates. On August 8, 2021, Larry Brilliant, a famed epidemiologist (he was a member of the team that helped to eradicate smallpox), said the Delta variant of coronavirus is "maybe the most contagious virus" ever. The pandemic is not coming to an end soon -- given that only a small proportion of the world population has been vaccinated against Covid-19. The good news is that vaccines -- particularly those using messenger RNA technology and the one by Johnson & Johnson -- are holding up against the delta variant, Brilliant told CNBC's "Street Signs." Still, only 15% of the world population has been vaccinated and more than 100 countries have inoculated less than 5% of their people, noted Brilliant. "I think we're closer to the beginning than we are at the end [of the pandemic,] and that's not because the variant that we're looking at right now is going to last that long," said Brilliant. If the prediction turns out to be true, it means that the Delta variant spreads so quickly that "it basically runs out of candidates" to infect, explained Brilliant. It appears to be a similar pattern in the U.K. and India, where the spread of the Delta variant has receded from recent highs. (No doubt America will keep Delta plenty busy.) But in addition to boosting vaccination in countries with a low inoculation rate, Brilliant said one group of people needs a booster shot "right away" -- those who are 65 years and above, and were fully vaccinated more than six months ago but have a weakened immune system. "It is this category of people that we've seen create multiple mutations when the virus goes through their body," said the epidemiologist. "So those people, I would say, should be given a third dose, a booster right away." |
Response to Larissa (Reply #30)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 12:32 AM
oasis (48,809 posts)
42. Wow.That's both important and very scary information.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 09:14 PM
truthisfreedom (22,846 posts)
31. Darwin Award.
It started as a virus. It turned into an IQ test.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 09:27 PM
orleans (32,150 posts)
33. and the good news is that he won't be indirectly killing people anymore by
telling them not to get the vaccine
i guess he showed them -- that they definitely should vax up! |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 09:31 PM
Evolve Dammit (14,137 posts)
34. Wat the fuck did they really think? Guess they believed 45 and the 'hoax" BS, These deaths are all
on Orange Man and his admin, and it continues with a vengeance. Despite the actual facts, they are so far gone they can't admit what is happening. Since their numbers are in the tens of millions, we are, and will remain in deep shit.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 09:36 PM
Demovictory9 (29,865 posts)
36. interesting to check in on freerepublic regarding these deaths. don't think these deaths change
their view of vaccinations or masks.
"was he overweight? should have got in shape". "didn't start the horse medicine soon enough". "didn't take the vitamin D". " died because vaxxed people are super spreaders". "hospital is lying about cause of death" Paraphrasing some of the comments regarding the death of the Caleb Wallace guy. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 09:40 PM
Hulk (6,699 posts)
37. Karma is kicking some ass this week.
No sympathy for these seditious morons. Adios stooge. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 10:09 PM
Tiger8 (432 posts)
38. Another One Bites The Dust!
Compliments of Freddie Mercury & Queen
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 12:19 AM
W T F (1,105 posts)
41. Actually: he's the 4th anti-vax radio hose to dir from Covid-19 this month
It’s getting hard to keep count
[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/28/2048869/-Marc-Bernier-is-Fourth-Anti-vaccine-Radio-Host-to-Die-of-Covid-this-Month| |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 12:39 AM
Turbineguy (35,810 posts)
43. These influencers could make money right to the end
advertising for undertakers.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 01:37 AM
Orrex (62,159 posts)
44. Good. Fuck him.
I guess he wasn't part of that famous 99.97% who survive.
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 02:47 AM
ShazzieB (10,335 posts)
47. This is how I feel every time covid claims another one of these antivaxxers...
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 09:14 AM
colsohlibgal (5,259 posts)
51. Stupid Kills
Not sure how we emerge from this time when tens of millions have gone over the edge and there is no reasoning with them.
We’re almost certainly coming to a reckoning. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 12:26 PM
bill (367 posts)
52. Poughts aand Thrayers
Let #TheThinning continue
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 02:00 PM
SWBTATTReg (19,508 posts)
54. Conservatism is losing the battle against COVID, who would have thunk? Duhhh...these people are ...
dumber than Homer Simpson ... when will they ever learn that sprouting conservative nonsense against common sense measures to battle the spread of a rapidly mutating killer virus that doesn't care about the political platform they stand for?
Perhaps sometimes, it's a good idea to stop over analyzing the Pros and/or the Cons of both sides of every issues and get down to business, realize that in some things, common sense measures such as masking, social distancing, vaccines, etc. do make sense, no matter what your political beliefs are. My apologies to Homer Simpson ... the show has been a source of laughter and enjoyment for many years even though I haven't watched the show for a while. |
Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 03:16 AM
onetexan (11,718 posts)
57. Kaaaaarrrrrmmaaaaaaaa
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Response to brooklynite (Original post)
Tue Aug 31, 2021, 12:19 PM
BlueWavePsych (2,416 posts)
59. And the hits just keep on coming ...
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